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Obviously, a red dolorite dyke!
Final update added to the ‘Return to Botswana‘ page: touring around the Tuli Block area on the north side of the Limpopo River. Click on the links below to see the stories:
– Limpopo Bound…

The first story is now on the ‘Return to Botswana‘ blog page. We had a great time rhino spotting in the Khama Rhino Reserve near Serowe in southern Botswana. Click on the link above to see the full story. Click…

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Kapp2Cape Explorers.

It’s here! Really it is! After tackling the writing, and the technical challenges of publishing, the book is finally available on Amazon. Your support during the writing and now for the launch has been amazing.
Here is a little snippet…

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Travels with Thimba.

“You cannot enter South-Africa with your dog.”
Even with a formal exit permit from the Namibian state vet, I dreaded the border with South Africa. They don’t allow the importation of pets accross land borders, only at Cape Town or…

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Sailors on Safari.

We’ve had a few interesting elephant encounters lately here in Botswana. Our adventures stared in Chobe National Park where we were staying in a riverside campground that is located on a lighted waterhole. In the evenings you can watch the…

A year ago Hookey and I sat freezing in front of the wood fire at his little place on the Delatite river, wondering what to do with 2014. We hatched the Africa Plan with only the vaguest sense of ‘planning’…

Botwana is not the place for spontaneity. Committing to an itinerary weeks ahead is not part of our ritual but was absolutely necessary here. Especially during the South African school holidays when campsites that charge $50US a head and don’t…

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Our day pass into Chobe certainly didn’t disappoint. Right from the start there was wildlife everywhere. First were the small herd of warthog, unusually close to the road and slow to run away. Miles and miles of evidence of elephants…

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After a week of fitting the new parts we’d brought back and catching up on laundry and some internet research for the next stage of our journey we were ready to hit the road again. Although we ended up spending…

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Going Overland.

The journey from England to Botswana was long – four flights with stops in Dubai, Johannesburg and Gabarone before we would get to Maun. All was seeming to go reasonably to plan until we tried to book in for our…

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Finally it was time to leave Moremi again, from where we headed back to Maun, had lunch, did some basic grocery shopping and checked out some of the stores where we need to get some extra supplies (new deep cycle…

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Leaving the Okavango River Lodge for a while we headed north for five days and nights in Moremi Game Park. The road out of Maun was wide and tarmac – for about 20km, after which it turned to hard packed…

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29-04-2014
Full day in Gaborone.
Today i spent the full day in Gaborone mainly preparing the motorbike. I had the opportunity to meet the wife of the honorary consul, a very nice lady that helped all the ways she could.…

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29-04-2014
Full day in Gaborone.
Today i spent the full day in Gaborone mainly preparing the motorbike. I had the opportunity to meet the wife of the honorary consul, a very nice lady that helped all the ways she could.…

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28-04-2014
Ok, here we are again in Africa ! I just came back in Paris from Seoul on Saturday and on Sunday evening I am again on an airplane to go to Gaborone via Johannesburg. I arrive in Gaborone early…

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28-04-2014
Ok, here we are again in Africa ! I just came back in Paris from Seoul on Saturday and on Sunday evening I am again on an airplane to go to Gaborone via Johannesburg. I arrive in Gaborone early…

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Going Overland.

We’ve taken a bit of a break this last week. The Okavango River Camp proved the ideal spot. Once the Easter crowds had gone it turned out to be a very quiet and pleasant camp. The squirrels scurried around, not…